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China launches world's first robot that can run by itself 24/7 — watch it change its own batteries in unsettling new footage
Live Science ^ | 07/21/2025 | Keumars Afifi-Sabet

Posted on 07/21/2025 4:14:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin

There are many weird and wonderful humanoid robots out there, but one of the most eye-catching machines launched this year can change its own battery pack — making it capable of running autonomously for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Walker S2 robot, made by the Chinese company UBTECH, is 5 foot 3 inches (162 centimeters) tall and weighs 95 pounds (43 kilograms) — making it the size and weight of a small adult.

Using a 48-volt lithium battery in a dual-battery system, the robot can walk for two hours or stand for four hours before its power runs out. The battery takes 90 minutes to fully recharge once depleted.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: 50centarmy; china; chinarobot; fakenews; fearporn; fiftycentarmy; redchina; robot; robots; tech
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To: AnglePark

*** The only thing “unsettling” to me is that China, if we’re not careful, may outpace us in AI, drone and robotics tech. ***

I think they already have.


21 posted on 07/21/2025 9:05:36 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s the robot dogs that freak me out. How’d you like to be attacked by one of them?


22 posted on 07/22/2025 3:33:58 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: AnglePark

All of these China reports are fake. Recently China staged a robot race and not one finished. Most fell down or broke. The ones that got the farthest were controlled by a remote, either wired or wireless.


23 posted on 07/22/2025 5:42:25 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: BenLurkin

I want one that will follow a recipe and cook gourmet meals perfectly. No more burnt toast ever again.

LOL!


24 posted on 07/22/2025 7:13:31 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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